Afterword: From Rules to Ethics: Ontological Implications for Sociomaterial Regulation in Management and Organization Studies

Abstract

Based on a summary of the key tenets of debates between Bruno Latour and Philippe Descola, two French anthropologists, the aim of this Afterword is to explore their implications for the sociomateriality of regulation and ethics in organizations and discuss them from a post-humanist perspective. It is worth reminding the reader here that the sociomateriality movement in management and organization studies has been heavily inspired by ontological developments in anthropology over the last decade or so, in particular by Latour’s anthropology of science and technology.